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i think it was a good night for romney, bad night for obama. but the real thing is, it is this really start of a countertrend or an anomalous event. >> that's the big thing. there's no question that obama can easily get through this and get over this. >> let me make two points. the first is -- >> you are the host. >> they say, although sometimes -- >> new york the jim lehrer of today's discussion. >> i'm going to shrink down in my chair. i'm going to come back from that, governor. what i will say is, you know, in terms of this debate, i found one part of it, which was really refreshing, it was pretty wonky. it was pretty substantive. >> the b.s. wonk. >> what's that? >> b.s. wonk. >> mitt romney was floating policies out there -- >> united states has the best health outcomes in the world? >> it was not -- that's it, it was not a lot of one-liners and zingers. >> a couple of good one-liners. people forgot. i've been in business for 25 years, i have no idea what you're talking about, that's pretty good. >> i need to consult with my accountant is
i think it was a good night for romney, bad night for obama. but the real thing is, it is this really start of a countertrend or an anomalous event. >> that's the big thing. there's no question that obama can easily get through this and get over this. >> let me make two points. the first is -- >> you are the host. >> they say, although sometimes -- >> new york the jim lehrer of today's discussion. >> i'm going to shrink down in my chair. i'm going to come...
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if romney land is feeling bruised the tale of the tape last night was a t.k.o. the president won painting romney as an out of touch plutocrat, calling romney out for paying 14% in taxes, letting detroit go bankrupt and pushing a sketchy budget on the american public. he saved his blow for the most powerful of the night. >> i think the president's campaign has tried to characterize me as someone who's different than who i am. i care about 100% of the american people. >> when he said behind closed doors that 47% of the country considered themselves victims, who refused personal responsibility, think about who he was talking about. and i want to fight for them. that's what i've been doing for the last four years because if they succeed, i believe the country succeeds. >> refs on both sides agree that last night was a bruiser but the strongest most concise assessment came courtesy of the new york daily news. bam boom. round three, the last and time bought, is monday. sam stein, of "the huffington post," we have seen a lot of back and forth this morning from republic
if romney land is feeling bruised the tale of the tape last night was a t.k.o. the president won painting romney as an out of touch plutocrat, calling romney out for paying 14% in taxes, letting detroit go bankrupt and pushing a sketchy budget on the american public. he saved his blow for the most powerful of the night. >> i think the president's campaign has tried to characterize me as someone who's different than who i am. i care about 100% of the american people. >> when he said...
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but i think they were incredibly happy with the performance last night. the romney people were. the gingrich people, obviously, not. you are the creator of the angry teddy bear comparison with newt gingrich. >> and for that i expect to be charging higher rates in the coming months. >> as you should -- >> they have libraries in florida. >> there's -- >> i bring my library with me everywhere i go. jon harwood, the angry teddy bear was missing. it was angry teddy bear for the win in south carolina the teddy bear was mia down here, now it's going to be are we looking at atb, rip. >> so many abbreviations, john harwood let's play sound to show audiences what we are talking about. romney attacking gingrich and they are going back and forth to fannie mae, freddie mac question. >> we discovered to our shock, governor romney owns shares of fannie mae and freddie mac. and made money on selling it. >> i do not own stocks in either company. but there are bonds that the investor holds through mutual funds, and i know that sounds like a big revelation, but have you checked your own investment
but i think they were incredibly happy with the performance last night. the romney people were. the gingrich people, obviously, not. you are the creator of the angry teddy bear comparison with newt gingrich. >> and for that i expect to be charging higher rates in the coming months. >> as you should -- >> they have libraries in florida. >> there's -- >> i bring my library with me everywhere i go. jon harwood, the angry teddy bear was missing. it was angry teddy bear...
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we talked about the benghazi stuff last night, mitt romney coming out and saying president is doubling down on deceit or some version thereof. your assessment. >> we should be clear about what is contested and what is agreed to and what are the various theories of what's wrong. what the problem is, right? what everyone agrees the first story that the american people were told by the administration about what happened in benghazi was wrong. it was not a riot set off by a youtube video that then overran a consulate. >> which they admit. >> everyone agrees. now the question is, did they just get bad intelligence, right? which is what joe biden said last night. this is what intelligence agencies told us. it turned out later it was a preplanned attack. were they essentially manipulating the story because it looked better for them if there was this who could have predicted riot as opposed to an al qaeda cell or al qaeda allied cell in libya pulled off an attack. that's one issue, right? what was channeled up through the chain of command in terms of intelligence reporting that administration
we talked about the benghazi stuff last night, mitt romney coming out and saying president is doubling down on deceit or some version thereof. your assessment. >> we should be clear about what is contested and what is agreed to and what are the various theories of what's wrong. what the problem is, right? what everyone agrees the first story that the american people were told by the administration about what happened in benghazi was wrong. it was not a riot set off by a youtube video that...
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mitt romney is looking for mittfrontation but is anybody going to bite? did he land punches last night? >> he did. and i think that newt let him. there was a moment where i never thought we would see in american politics newt was speechless. there was a moment when it seemed like newt was not sure what to say back and he seemed conflicted on whether to fight back and if he is going to fight back, when to fight back and no crowd was egging him on and all i could think back to was december, you remember gingrich later admitted that he made a mistake in december, romney came after him and the super pac came after him and he insisted on running a positive campaign and he saw what a mistake it was. he showed up last night with the same reaction. >> let listen to that exchange. >> they do not pay people for historians and this contract proves you were not that, you were a consultant. it does not say you provided historical experience, you were hired by the chief lobbiest, pr freddie mac. >> i thought that bit about the chief lobbiest, was romney's chief line of
mitt romney is looking for mittfrontation but is anybody going to bite? did he land punches last night? >> he did. and i think that newt let him. there was a moment where i never thought we would see in american politics newt was speechless. there was a moment when it seemed like newt was not sure what to say back and he seemed conflicted on whether to fight back and if he is going to fight back, when to fight back and no crowd was egging him on and all i could think back to was december,...
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mitt romney needs to have a good debate performance tomorrow night and newt gingrich needs to have a bad one, my money would be on the reverse. >> mark, i want to bring you in here, i know the media conference call that maggie just menti mentioned, are the romney people scared are they seeing the angry attack muffin looming in the background? >> reporter: they are not scared. but they go after the target that could threaten him. newt gingrich could win the primary. and romney stumbled in the last day. the debate will be key, how much advertising can get on tv will be key and to the extent that gingrich can win this fight with santorum about who should go forward to go against romney. he is a better fit for this state and it's the greater possibility that romney leaves here as the possiblity than santorum. >> when we think about the conservative vote, there a chance that santorum voters and gingrich voters will come anyway? are they attracted to two types of candidates? >> i think we have a split here. we have santorum saying i'm the conservative voter's candidate, but if you want to
mitt romney needs to have a good debate performance tomorrow night and newt gingrich needs to have a bad one, my money would be on the reverse. >> mark, i want to bring you in here, i know the media conference call that maggie just menti mentioned, are the romney people scared are they seeing the angry attack muffin looming in the background? >> reporter: they are not scared. but they go after the target that could threaten him. newt gingrich could win the primary. and romney...
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and whoever it is, whoever it might be has a good night in iowa, then momentum takes over and maybe romney wins in south carolina, but maybe wins in new hampshire and loses south carolina and gets away from him because it's a lot of anti-romney sentiment in the party. i don't think it's likely, but i'm no longer willing to rule it out. >> i feel like it's not even all that late. >> that's why i don't think he's that vulnerable because it's all been hashed over for so many years. he's been running for president for what? six years? and so conservatives have their reasons for being dissatisfied with romney. and let's court chris christie. who would be better? and they end up going back to romney. and i think he's tested. >> and there's less anti-romney sentiment than you think. he is the lowest negative. >> but do you know his problem, though? you need intensity in order to win reelection. it's the same issue for barack obama. he's got his base, but he needs intensity, turnout. where's the intensity? >> but the anti-obama intensity is going to maybe be -- >> he's shown himself so presidentia
and whoever it is, whoever it might be has a good night in iowa, then momentum takes over and maybe romney wins in south carolina, but maybe wins in new hampshire and loses south carolina and gets away from him because it's a lot of anti-romney sentiment in the party. i don't think it's likely, but i'm no longer willing to rule it out. >> i feel like it's not even all that late. >> that's why i don't think he's that vulnerable because it's all been hashed over for so many years....
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we opened the very first store, i was there the night we hoped the first store. we helped stock the shelves. >> we stocked the shelves. just in terms of poll numbers. we have a tracking poll that said, sorry, in another poll, romney has fallen for five day straight and down ten points. huntsman and paul are gaining. is this stuff going to hurt him? we have 24 hours and i think it's something like 44% of new hampshire residents have made up their mind, meaning plenty have not yet. >> it's a before the primary that votes move. the voters tend to be voters that wait until the last minute to make a decision. a lot of people are on purpose un decided. there's a way that romney could have said this thing that would have been in line with republican ideals and not damaging people, but to say i like the right to fire people off, there's a certain type of enjoyment that he seemed to take in it, it's damaging sound and video, worse to see it and hear it than to read it on the page, that is what the problem is. not so much that it's out of line with the overall view of repu
we opened the very first store, i was there the night we hoped the first store. we helped stock the shelves. >> we stocked the shelves. just in terms of poll numbers. we have a tracking poll that said, sorry, in another poll, romney has fallen for five day straight and down ten points. huntsman and paul are gaining. is this stuff going to hurt him? we have 24 hours and i think it's something like 44% of new hampshire residents have made up their mind, meaning plenty have not yet. >>...
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>> a host referred to the president as the anointed one, on the night of the state of the union. that is beyond ridiculous. >> or even the banner that mitt romney spoke in front of in his pre-buttal, one of six buttals, where he said, "obama isn't working," a play on "labor isn't working." but again, it's very personal. >> and there's a connective tissue to something you raised earlier in the show, that newt gingrich is so hypocritical. we need to stop make k the mistake of thinking that the extreme elements of the republican party are at all consistent on these issues. they are wildly inconsistent. there was an effort to delegitimatize the presidency of bill clinton, there was an unprecedented use and at times abuse of the investigatory powers of congress, which should be used for oversight, but not be used to torment political differences, and that went on and on and on. and when president bush came into office, there was an attitude that the president is the most important thing in the world that you can never disrespect in any way and ari fleischer came out and said, you bett
>> a host referred to the president as the anointed one, on the night of the state of the union. that is beyond ridiculous. >> or even the banner that mitt romney spoke in front of in his pre-buttal, one of six buttals, where he said, "obama isn't working," a play on "labor isn't working." but again, it's very personal. >> and there's a connective tissue to something you raised earlier in the show, that newt gingrich is so hypocritical. we need to stop make...
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santorum addressed the issue of his tax returns last night. listen to what he said. >> i don't have any income that would come from investments or wealth. i mean, every -- almost 90 plus percent of the money that's on those tax returns, i went out and earned. >> i went out and earned it, unlike the -- >> it is blue-collar. and it is the message that folks in michigan and across this country can relate to every day. everything that's in my bank account, i earned. it wasn't given to me, it didn't just appear because there were extra dollars sitting there. that is a very powerful message, and the romney campaign had better been better than smart in how they go after this. because it will blow up in their faces. >> but, michael, it's also a liberal message. i mean, it is nodding towards occupy and a lot of other criticisms as a way the system works. because it says, in essence, this money that i earned through labor is better -- that's what i hear -- is better than just sitting around nursing investments. >> you say tomato, i say tomato. >> you sa
santorum addressed the issue of his tax returns last night. listen to what he said. >> i don't have any income that would come from investments or wealth. i mean, every -- almost 90 plus percent of the money that's on those tax returns, i went out and earned. >> i went out and earned it, unlike the -- >> it is blue-collar. and it is the message that folks in michigan and across this country can relate to every day. everything that's in my bank account, i earned. it wasn't...